(No) Debt Rattle October 14 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 11:50 pm #215393
Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 1:14 am #215416Michael Reid
ParticipantDear Dr. D,
My assessment is Russia will positively influence its destiny by winning the war and bringing those responsible to justice.
Please watch this video for perspective
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 am #215434Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 2:40 am #215447November 28, 2025 at 3:00 am #215451Michael Reid
ParticipantThe EU seizes 300 billion dollars from Russia
—Russia Strikes Back With a $1 Trillion Blow!A gripping geopolitical breakdown of Europe’s
plan to use Russia’s frozen $300B reserves—and
the massive retaliation Moscow is preparing in response.
This script exposes the hidden financial risks,
the global shockwaves, and the potential collapse of
Western neutrality as the EU takes a step that could
redefine the world’s economic order.November 28, 2025 at 3:03 am #215463my parents said know
ParticipantBoogaloo- what a poignant way to put it. I hope he does, too.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 am #215465Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 3:25 am #215472Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 1:57 pm #216029tboc
Participantoutside this community do you know anyone who knows how many personel are required to man a Patriot Missle Battery, or who operates the same anywhere in this world? I do not know anyone who understands who is killed when a Patriot Missle Battery is destroyed in Ukraire.
Dr. D we do not know the actural number of NATO aligned troops in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. All of the troops in Ukraine whether Ukrainian nationals or imports were part of the NATO aligned force. Take into consideration the NATO supply chain, logistics and intelligence and the number 180,000 is not even a good guess.
Who in their right mind believes the US, UK, France, Germany and the NATO puppets who instigated the conflict thought the number you suggest was sufficient?
Why not be honest for once and say The NATO war on the eastern border of Russia? Is everyone in the US so immersed in plausible deniability that no one will speak the truth? Rhetorical questions without doubt.
The NATO effort in Western Ukraine was a small scale genocide with the purpose of instigating an armed confilct with The Russian Federation. That effort was successful.
The purpose was to weaken all of the western political and economic system and The Russian Federation to strengthen the march of United States hegemony. Does anyone truly believe that 75 years of U.S. foreign policy was abandoned?Time to quit living Conway Twitty’s 1958 first No. 1 hit and move on to Aaron Neville’s 1966 hit.
At the present moment the outcome of the battle in Ukraine is evident, the status of the war of hegemony remains to be determined. The question is, has the NATO conflict sufficiently weakend the current order and the U.S. populace that the US proposes victory thru peace or are we witnessing nothing more than another domino being played on the grand chess board?
Never forget Madame Albright’s perspective “the price was worth it”.November 28, 2025 at 2:08 pm #216042D Benton Smith
ParticipantWell, Trump likes good deals so if Russia and BRICS can cut him a better deal than Israel and the rest of that demonic Cabal then Trump just might go for it and hug the Bear as though they’ve been besties for a lifetime.
Personally I wouldn’t trust Trump any farther than I could throw him, but hey, any trust is better than no trust at all, and trusting Trump to betray us the instant he sees a better deal for himself is at least SOME trust.
Never forget that Trump was pals with Epstein and has given Israel everything they ever asked him for. In order to serve us he will be required to betray them …. so EXTREMELY extreme caution is advised moving forward.
The last factor to consider is that for better or worse Trump is the only performer on stage who even pretends to represent OUR interests, so to that extent we’re stuck with him for now.
I like Krainer a lot, but he (like all of us) have our failings and his failing is that he believes things too easily and doesn’t really grasp the true nature of evil. A lot of nice guys have that problem.
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 pm #216046tboc
Participantdbs all of the states you describe are the fruits of consciousness. The last time i looked no one knows what consciousness is. Those who demand consciousness is a product of the brain or neural networks within avoid near death experience like the plague.
with your background you must certainly know of “principalties” and their attendant powers outside the realm of human mental constructs. One can reject the concept of non-physical planes of consciousness, yet the attempts to map them remain.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 pm #216054D Benton Smith
ParticipantConway Twitty, “It’s only make believe”
Aaron Neville, “Tell it like it is”(see? AI isn’t totally useless. That dive into arcane musical trivia took less than a minute, start to finish.)
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 pm #216077Dr. D
ParticipantDid you know there’s “Extreme weather” called “Cold” in the winter? We’re all gonna die. Straight line chart, by July it’ll be negative 1 million degrees. Yes on ZeroHedge and the Weather Channel. In other news, its Dec 1st in Michigan. There is snow. Such wow.
“Rogan RIPPED For Promoting Unity Across The Political Divide!
The Jimmy Dore Show•6.6K views•1 hour ago”How dare he stop our Russian Civil War 2.0! Why I say sir! Peace? Breaking out! Up with this we shall not put!
“China‘s Silence on Gaza is Strategic | Zhang Sheng “China will break zionism.”
Neutrality Studies New 203K viewsAh so the GOOD nothing! Not like that BAD nothing that the other nations don’t do. Where’s Aspnas when you need him to tell us why China doing f—k all is the GOOD and moral f—k all, but when the U.S. does nothing we should be shot. Cuz hate America.
“This attack changes everything!!!” ( Believe they mean the Nat’l Guard. Also don’t care…) If by Everything, you mean nothing, then yes… It changes everything, that’s why nothing has changed. …Same as every other time since 1990.
“White House Tells Reporter To “Shut The F**k Up” for Saying National Guard Should “Never Have Been” In DC
Soldiers are not allowed to be inside America and are not safe there. Ah. Yes, that’s because they’re supposed to be overseas! They are only good OUTSIDE the U.S> borders, while if they are INSIDE the U.S., pointing guns outward defending us from invasion, that’s evil.
This is what happens if you don’t pop lies when they start and let them go on 20-50 years.
Tim Pool had said the same thing. SHOULD ICE wear face masks, no badge? No. They are required to Identify themselves as a police action. Yes, but they will all be killed, both by the cartels, bounties, AND by Blue Americans. Yes, true. That means you’re already in a Civil War, an open rebellion and insurrection. If your police aren’t safe in their own streets, and soldiers aren’t safe, you’re in a definitional War.
He’s not saying lie down, he’s saying then openly, legally declare you are in a war, cover their faces, remove their badges, and have the police/Army hit the insurrectionists like a hammer. I understand that. I also understand why that’s what the other side wants and has long-planned for. It is crucial for their strategy. So I’m giving leagues more latitude than I normally would. But here you are: they are openly activating sleeper agents and killing any soldiers they can find.
This is strategic zero, so therefore they are losers, losing, lost.
Same time, 6 said to defy illegal orders. Sorry I can’t prosecute that. I know they absolutely MEAN “defy ALL orders” but they didn’t SAY that. They are weasels and it doesn’t break my heart if the FBI looks into their records and bank accounts, but that’s not illegal statement, nor, given the possible intent, is in fact it is a factual statement of genuine merit. Illegal orders SHOULD be refused. Because they’re illegal. If only anyone had the last 20 years we’d be far better off.
But as Rich would say, they OBEY the order to kill patients in the Navy Hospital and torture goatherders widely with no lawyers or process, but DEFY orders like filing the paperwork that questions it. The question also is “What is legal?” Which PFC Pyle doesn’t get to decide for himself. Get up that hill.
The 180k army for Ukr was their OWN people, which was their actual level. No one wanted to invade. There is and will be zero NATO because: Russia. Nor should there be. How many are already there? Wouldn’t shock me if near 100k “West” was killed. It’s 100 men per Patriot battery (do you actually hit them all?). Poland lost 30k prob alone. We know many, but they are all “sheep dipped” and are “technically” the US Army? No. The CIA grabs them, they “Quit” (huh, didn’t know you could do that in in the Army, wow) and then appear under 10,000 “Contractors” in Ukr, with money come in from drug-running and human trafficking by OTHER CIA and MI6 ops and nations. So can Russia SAY they are just Americans? I’m sure they CAN, but why? Would it make any difference? No, no one this side would believe them or care, they are from all nations on earth, not just US Army, doing so would escalate to WWIII which they want, and what the diff? Just fn murder them and think on them no more. I don’t care WHAT bodies are dead on the field, why should I? They are off the field, Russia is stronger, they are weaker, repeat until done. But yes, a LOT of US was there, mostly Poles tho, and we weasel-out being back-end intel, blah blah. I hate it, it sucks, hang them, but how?
Yes, the main problem is we can’t know. About Trump or anything. They should definitively NOT trust, but not because Trump — please remove Trump, a non-entity from mental frameworks — it’s because EVERY EMPLOYEE, from everywhere, throughout the U.S government back through Yale and all the way down to 6th graders were TRAINED to hate Russia. Trump could be honest as long, love the f–k out of Russia and be Jesus Christ for peace, would make no difference. The Pentagon would just refuse orders and weasel around him and the next generation would reverse it. …And Russia knows this. There’s nothing in the statement except don’t have cartoon thoughts. We see as Admin 1.0 they couldn’t do anything, so only exported the intel for next time, they are changing foundational structures this time (eg Tariffs and funding) and not daily tasks (eg Comey). Sorry, I don’t like it either, but I can see it.
That will work bc then the next generation inherits hard work, no income tax and huge profits from cooperation with Russia won’t reverse it. …But you have to get there, and get there by deception against very clever, evil people. Who would drop a nuke on Zap if they could find one. This foundational plan back to “The American System” is happening, but no one knows if it’s enough as it’s mostly never been tried. It worked in Russia, but that was a very different time and place in 2002, and they were the meal, not the shark. It worked fro us in 1870 likewise. We’re inside the dragon. I think it will work, but will have the bad effect of lingering on and keeping some poison intact, but you can only do so much at a time. If you want us to collapse and have Deagel’s 200M die, that’s certainly an option.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 pm #216081morongobill
ParticipantBrian Berletic for one.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 pm #216115zerosum
ParticipantYou all saying.
It makes no difference.
Everyone has already made up their minds/decided.November 28, 2025 at 3:27 pm #216121zerosum
ParticipantPutin Issued A New Ultimatum, & Ukraine’s Answer Is No
Siversk Is Almost Encircled
MS 2025.11.28November 28, 2025 at 3:44 pm #216136D Benton Smith
ParticipantAlright then. In the spirit of “Telling it like it is”, let me delve even deeper into the misty reaches of truly ancient history (WAY back, further than we can establish a solidly documented record), and remind us all that, “Those who the gods would destroy they first make insane.”
What easier method than introducing thoughts, words and concepts directly into a victim’s mind in such a manner that the victim mistakes them for his OWN, and misbehaves accordingly?
The aphorism “Those who the gods would destroy they first make insane” (or more commonly, “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad”) is a modern English rendering of a much older proverb rooted in ancient Greek literature. The core idea—that divine forces impair judgment or sanity as a prelude to ruin—appears in several classical sources, though not in the exact phrasing we know today BUT HERE’S THE POINT:
We have all experienced it. Bad thoughts that just pop into conscious awareness completely unbidden. What we then do with that crap after it appears is infinite in scope of possibility, but REGARDLESS of what we do with it the strong tendency is for it to cause all KINDS of trouble IF WE DON’T CORRECTLY IDENTIFY WHERE THE FUCK THAT IT CAME FROM.
What easier way to drive any individual or nation totally insane. Just put ideas in their head. It works doubly well if the victim BELIEVES that such telepathy is IMPOSSIBLE. It works TRIPLY well if the victim BELIEVES that those who believe it possible are themselves crazy.
That’s why I pushed Mark Twain’s book about Joan of Arc so emphatically. The book proves beyond shadow of doubt that Joan of Arc was totally sane and stating the truth when she reported that she was in direct and frequent contact with angelic and saintly advisers, teachers and helpers.
She was reporting the truth, and the implications of that FACT should shake you to the genuine core of your being. I leave it to you and others to more fully explore and assign proportionate importances of those various implications.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 pm #216141zerosum
ParticipantUkraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update
28th November 2025
Dr. Rob Campbellhttps://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-7bd
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 pm #216175D Benton Smith
ParticipantSo, to put my previous comment more succinctly:
According to many great historical figures, who count among the greatest minds in recorded history, divine forces impair judgment or sanity as a prelude to ruin.I don’t think those guys went to all that work just to tell fairy tales to children. I believe that they meant precisely what they explicitly said: “divine forces impair judgment or sanity as a prelude to ruin.“.
Well, in that case then I think that ALL of us have some serious thinking and re-thinking to do.
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 pm #216285Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 8:08 pm #216321Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 8:47 pm #216352Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 28, 2025 at 11:54 pm #216507Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 29, 2025 at 12:41 am #216533zerosum
ParticipantHow many Canadians are vetting and not going to USA?
– Overall decline: From 1.6 million crossings in 2024 to about 1.0 million in 2025, a 36% drop.
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 am #216537my parents said know
ParticipantThis is for WES, if you’re out there.
I think that fish inches and snow inches are similar.
What do you think?November 29, 2025 at 12:59 am #216538those darned kids
Participant“but when the U.S. does nothing”
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good sir, please leave behind your moral ambiguity. we don’t need more politicians.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 am #216539Michael Reid
ParticipantNovember 29, 2025 at 1:53 am #216581Michael Reid
ParticipantThe Russians know
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You cannot trust anything you sign with the United States. It is not worth the paper it was written on.
“November 29, 2025 at 2:01 am #216586WES
ParticipantMPSK:
Yes, I am still here!
Last month, I was busy prepping the mainland garage, where we park our car, before heading over to our cottage by boat, to install steel siding. I stayed with my son at his rented house as we closed the cottage in early November. The women headed home to the city.
This November’s weather has been pretty brutal for such outdoor efforts. Rain and a snow storm, with near freezing temperatures, made it real slow going. Only saw the sun a couple of days.
Sadly, I didn’t come even close to finishing the project and will have to finish it next spring.
Now, I am at home facing a “honey do this list” from the two women!
Yes, fish inches and snow inches are the same!
Stretched!
Fish inches grow everytime the story is told!
The snow was always deeper in the good old days when we were kids!
Perception is altered by how tall you are compared to the depth of the snow!November 29, 2025 at 2:51 am #216620John Day
ParticipantPrepping For 2026 https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/prepping-for-2026
Pursuant to the financial analysis predicting economic collapse, with which I opened the recent blog post “Domino Theory” https://drjohnsblog.substack.com/p/domino-theory I am presenting Professor Ugo Bardi’s blog post that the venerable World-3 computer model from The LimitsTo Growth analysis, has had its data set updated, and it spits out the decline of global indiustrial output, hard and fast, in 2026. This does not mean every country equally. I think Europe will go down particularly hard, but I’m quite willing to be wrong again. Are we on the Edge of Collapse? Impressive Data from a Recalibration of World3 – Staring at the Cliff right in front of us. https://senecaeffect.substack.com/p/are-we-on-the-edge-of-collapse-impressive
Gilbert Doctorow tries not to ride the Trump roller-coaster, but: Ukrainian capitulation in the coming weeks may be expected….thanks to Mr. Trump
I frankly admit that I have underestimated Trump’s capacity for duplicity that he has used to outmaneuver his opponents abroad in the EU, in Ukraine and at home in the USA, on Capitol Hill and in the media.
I have no doubt that Team Trump are behind the corruption investigation raid on the home of the power behind the throne in Kiev, Andrii Yermak, who was forced to resign late today. The fall of Zelensky on corruption charges cannot be more than days away.
Accordingly, I must revise my views on what happened at the US-Ukraine meeting in Geneva at the start of the week that produced a revised 19-point plan to suit the Zelensky gang which we were told would be foisted on the Russians. No, that was pure political theater and we may assume that the original 29- point plan developed jointly by Steve Witkoff for the American side and Kirill Dmitriev for the Russians will be the basis for the renewed US-Russian talks on ending the war that likely will take place next week in Budapest chaired by Trump and Putin.
This is all happening with blinding speed that has left the Trump’s opponents speechless.
However, one European leader did have something to say in the past day that also contributes to the foreseeable political collapse of Ukraine and possibly to the collapse of the war mongers who dominate present European politics. I have in mind the Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever who rejected von der Leyen’s insistent promotion of confiscation of frozen Russian state assets held in Euroclear now not only because of financial risk that the confiscation will be reversed in court challenges by Russia that will follow but, more importantly today, because the confiscation would work directly against the ongoing peace negotiations. So von der Leyen’s perfidy to European interests in peace on the Continent has been called out. https://gilbertdoctorow.substack.com/p/ukrainian-capitulation-in-the-coming The first 6 minutes are a good geopolitical update of US-Russia negotiations: Trump Pursues Peace, Ignoring Europe – The Zaporizhzhia Offensive Is Now Unstoppable, MS 2025.11.28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c7ieSDzKuI
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 am #216622WES
ParticipantDrone Combat:
The concept of frontline combat has completely changed from anything we ever knew before.
It only takes a few men now to hold an area, where once hundreds/thousands used to.
In addition, a clear line of contact, now no longer exists.
Now, the front can be many kilometers deep, like in 5 to 25 kilometers or more, deep!
The frontline is now controlled by a few drones operators, not troops in trenches!
That is why Ukraine is still able to defend, despite being short infantry and no armor/artillery.
So, how do the Russians work? First, their drone operators infiltrate and then seek out and destroy Ukraine’s drone operators. Then 2 or 3 Russian infantry infiltrate the Ukrainian front lines mopping up any remaining resistance. House to house fighting is now done with drones! No vehicles nor armor are being used!
Ninety percent of Ukrainian casualties now occur behind the front lines! It is trying to move towards the front that has become so deadly! If anything moves, it gets attacked, immediately!
Russia simply has more drones than the Ukraine! With more drones, Russians prefer to attack cities by infiltrating using the buildings as cover from Ukrainian drones!
Russian infantry simply don’t infiltrate the Ukrainian front lines until they have drone dominance in the air.
So, where once a trench defined the front line, now the front line is many kilometers deep! That also makes the old idea of the front line collapsing, obsolete!
Russian artillery is still Queen of the battlefield!
Russian FABs make concentrating men in one area very deadly!November 29, 2025 at 2:55 am #216623John Day
ParticipantNovember 26 (heh,heh) EU ‘ready’ to propose Russian assets loan despite Belgian doubts
“I cannot see any scenario in which the European taxpayers alone will pay the bill,” von der Leyen said https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-ready-to-propose-russian-assets-loan-despite-belgian-doubts/ Also in November 26 rearview-mirror: As potential Ukraine deal looms, France and Britain map out boots-on-ground role
Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a new joint task-force — with U.S. buy-in — aiming at “finalized security guarantees” if a peace deal lands. https://www.politico.eu/article/potential-deal-looms-france-and-britain-map-out-role-ukraine/ Heavy rain sees part of West Bank apartheid wall collapse and Syrian forest fires extinguished
Flash floods have hit the region after a night of heavy rain storm, with part of Israel’s separation wall in the West Bank coming down https://www.newarab.com/news/flash-floods-collapse-west-bank-apartheid-wall-amid-mena-storm Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’
After previous plans by Israel for the mass expulsion of Palestinians, onlookers fear the proposal to house some displaced Palestinians in “compounds” they may not be allowed to leave. https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-gaza-compounds Israeli army, Shin Bet begin ‘large-scale’ operation against West Bank resistance
Hebrew media reports say resistance groups in the occupied West Bank have been working to strengthen their forces https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-shin-bet-begin-large-scale-operation-against-west-bank-resistanceNovember 29, 2025 at 2:56 am #216624John Day
Participant UK’s Jonathan Cook, Review judge pulled from Palestine Action hearing at last hour, in patent stitch-up
Having a ruling from a panel of three judges is a desperate attempt to create a veneer of judicial authority in support of the actions of Keir Starmer’s outlaw government https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/review-judge-pulled-from-palestineJeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby” (book) https://israelpalestinenews.org/jeffrey-epstein-aided-alan-dershowitzs-attack-on-mearsheimer-and-walts-israel-lobby/
He knows he can be Charlie-Kirked: Americans wake up to the cost of supporting Israel
Tucker Carlson, the most influential conservative host in the U.S., just turned on Israel. He was considered an unshakable ally by them. He did so with a level of bluntness no American TV figure ever dared.
On air, in front of millions, he dropped the bomb: ‘There is no such thing as ‘God’s chosen people. God does not choose child-killers. This is heresy, these are criminals and thieves.’
This wasn’t commentary…This was a declaration of war on the entire Israeli narrative. https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/11/26/americans-wake-up-to-the-cost-of-supporting-israel/ Child Amputees in Gaza Use Makeshift Prosthetics as Israel Restricts Medical Supplies
Rateb was severely wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis earlier this year that killed his mother and brother. His right leg was crushed and had to be amputated. He has undergone five surgeries in his abdomen since the attack.
“I felt sad that I’m no longer like the other kids because my leg was amputated. I don’t know how to play with them. I wish I had a leg so I could play with my friends,” he said.
Desperate to move again, Rateb and his cousin fashioned the prosthetic leg out of a plastic sewage pipe he found in the street. “I don’t want to give up, and my determination is strong. I dream of having a real prosthetic limb,” Rateb said. “If my leg hadn’t been cut off, the first place I’d go is the field to play football. I want to return to our home and have my mom, my dad, and my leg with me.” https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child-amputees-makeshift-prosthetics-limbs-israeli-restrictions-hamad-hospitalIsraeli attacks killed 6 people in Rafah, Beit Lahia in latest violation of ceasefire deal https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-kills-6-palestinians-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/3754613
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 am #216625John Day
Participant “Brownshirts” Settler violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank continues to escalate. Extremist settlers recently attacked a Bedouin community and also targeted Israeli activists who were present. https://www.dw.com/en/israeli-settler-violence-in-occupied-west-bank-hits-new-high/video-74901740
UAE, Israel quietly advanced ‘Peace Railway’ amid Gaza genocide: Report
The railway will move goods from India through the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan before reaching Haifa for export to Europe and the US https://thecradle.co/articles/uae-israel-quietly-advanced-peace-railway-amid-gaza-genocide-report#google_vignette ‘We will disarm Hezbollah’: Israeli war chief threatens new war in Lebanon
The new threat comes just days after Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah’s top military official in Beirut https://thecradle.co/articles-id/34492 Israeli Troops Suffer Rare Casualties In Brazen Ground Raid On Syrian Town
Israel on Friday launched another unprovoked major attack on Syria, which has killed at least 13 people, including children – and additionally some 25 have been reported injured.
In this instance, the assault on the southern Syrian town Beit Jinn was a rare ground raid by Israeli forces, likely accompanied by air and artillery support.
“The Israeli military said six soldiers were wounded, three of them severely, by militant fire during the raid in the village of Beit Jinn,” Reuters reports based on official sources. It’s unclear whether the IDF forces incurred fatalities, but if so the Israeli government is likely to keep it under wraps. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-troops-suffer-rare-casualties-brazen-ground-raid-syrian-townHow Israel markets its US-funded genocidal weapons to the world https://israelpalestinenews.org/how-israel-markets-its-us-funded-genocidal-weapons-to-the-world/
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 am #216626zerosum
ParticipantWHO WILL BE NEXT?
https://www.rt.com/news/628635-uk-selling-embassies/Cash-strapped Britain to sell off embassies – Politico
The Foreign Office will reportedly offload diplomatic properties and cull staff as part of deep spending cuts.Britain’s Foreign Office is set to sell some of its overseas embassies and diplomatic housing as part of deep spending cuts, Politico reported on Friday, citing newly released government budget documents.
The ministry is reportedly reviewing its £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) portfolio of about 6,500 foreign-based properties to identify “assets to release,” as hundreds of the buildings are in serious disrepair or deemed too expensive to maintain.
The restructuring plan also foresees cutting nearly a third of UK-based staff, the outlet said.
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 am #216627John Day
Participant The rationale is not the reason. What is the reason? Secret DOJ memo exposes flaws in US boat strike justification
The Trump administration is presenting its missile strikes on drug-running boats in the Caribbean as an act of collective self-defense on behalf of regional partners, The Guardian reported, citing three people directly familiar with the internal legal rationale, according to Al-Mayadeen.
The justification hinges on an assertion, without publicly available evidence, that drug cartels are engaged in armed hostilities against the security forces of allies such as Mexico, funded through cocaine shipments.
Under this reasoning, the US claims the strikes target the cocaine itself and that any deaths aboard the vessels should be viewed as combatant casualties or collateral harm rather than unlawful killings...
..But the internal rationale stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s public messaging, which has consistently framed the 21 lethal strikes, resulting in more than 80 deaths, as an effort to stem overdose fatalities…
If accepted, the argument would mark the first time the US has claimed, contentiously and against the prevailing understanding, that cartels are using cocaine revenues to wage warfare, rather than primarily to generate profit.
In a statement, a Justice Department spokesperson said, “These operations were ordered consistent with the law of armed conflict.” https://en.mehrnews.com/news/239208/Secret-DOJ-memo-exposes-flaws-in-US-boat-strike-justificationUS Has Been Conducting “Bomber Attack Demos” Buzzing Venezuela Once Per Week https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-has-been-conducting-bomber-attack-demos-buzzing-venezuela-once-week
US plans further troop deployments to fight drug trafficking, Hegseth says https://www.arabnews.com/node/2624088/world
Each large, expensive chopper will shoot down how many little, cheap, explosive drones? U.S. Army Orders $4.7 Billion in AH-64E Apache Helicopters for Counter-Drone Missions. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/u-s-army-orders-4-7-billion-in-ah-64e-apache-helicopters-for-counter-drone-missions
DragonFire laser shoots down high‑speed drones traveling at 400mph, costs $13 per shot — UK Navy to begin deploying system on destroyers https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/uk-dragonfire-laser-downs-high-speed-drones
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 am #216630John Day
ParticipantU.S. picks British Kraken for autonomous surface and subsurface drone fleet program. https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/u-s-picks-british-kraken-for-autonomous-surface-and-subsurface-drone-fleet-program
US Troops Fight ISIS Militants on the Ground in Somalia’s Puntland Region
The raid targeted a cave in the Caal-Miskaad mountains and involved 10 helicopters, according to local media reports https://news.antiwar.com/2025/11/25/us-troops-fight-isis-militants-on-the-ground-in-somalias-puntland-region/ Oops, we maybe just mudered an innocent prominent-citizen… US Is Aware of Reports That It Killed a Civilian Clan Elder in a Somalia Airstrike
The airstrike was launched in Somalia’s northern Sanag region on September 13
“This was an unexpected and shocking incident,” Faisal Abdillahi, the Sanag region’s intelligence chief, said last month, according to Hiraan Online. “A man driving his car was bombed from the air. We, the officials, had no prior knowledge or warning. The deceased was a prominent figure who worked closely with the community. We don’t understand why he was targeted.” https://news.antiwar.com/2025/11/26/us-is-aware-of-reports-that-it-killed-a-civilian-clan-elder-in-a-somalia-airstrike/ Never, ever follow illegal orders… Trump Says Urging Troops to Refuse Illegal Orders Is “Sedition.” This Air Force Officer Once Did Just That.
In 2011, Air Force Maj. Richard Rynearson refused a drone strike he believed was unconstitutional in a real-world test of the debate now consuming Washington. https://theiceman.substack.com/p/trump-says-urging-troops-to-refuseREP. MASSIE says FBI staff threatened a member of his staff with a criminal investigation if he “didn’t straighten up and play ball.” https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1993770560489422933
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 am #216631John Day
ParticipantTrump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?
The guy was a US assassin against Taliban high-value targets, moved here with his wife and kids. His stay was re-approved by the Trump admin. in May.
Trump Pushes ‘Reverse Migration’ As National Guard Member Dies Following Potential DC ‘Terrorist’ Attack
The Thanksgiving-week attack down the street from the White House – perpetrated by an Afghan national with prior ties to the U.S. military and intelligence community, such as the CIA – has heightened national-security concerns following the fatality of one West Virginia Guardsman and the critical wounding of another, https://www.zerohedge.com/political/guard-member-dies-after-potential-dc-terrorist-attack-trump-pushes-emergency-migration Is Trump’s Third World Immigration Ban A Precursor To The Insurrection Act?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to tighten immigration rules, including a suspension on migration from “Third World Countries” and cancellation of all federal benefits and subsidies to “noncitizens” in the country.
The decision comes after a terror attack (the shooting of two National Guardsmen) involving an Afghan migrant, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, admitted to the US under a program for Afghan refugees launched by Joe Biden in 2021 (Operation Allies Welcome).
However, the Trump Admin approved the man’s asylum application in 2025 based on his aid to CIA operations in Afghanistan over a ten year period. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trumps-third-world-immigration-ban-precursor-insurrection-actTrump Moves To “Terminate” All Of Biden’s Autopen’d Orders http://zerohedge.com/political/trump-moves-terminate-all-bidens-autopend-orders
Stablecoin issuer Tether holds 116 tons of physical gold, placing it on par with central banks such as those in South Korea, Hungary and Greece.
Tether’s day-to-day operations mirror several core functions traditionally associated with central banks. It mints and redeems USDt directly for verified customers, effectively expanding or contracting supply through its primary market pipeline.
It also manages a large reserve portfolio dominated by short-duration US Treasurys, along with gold and Bitcoin. The company generates central bank–like income by earning interest on those Treasurys while issuing a non-interest-bearing token.
Beyond that, Tether employs policy-style tools, such as freezing addresses at the request of law enforcement and phasing out blockchains to reduce risk. https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/tethers-116-ton-gold-hoard-rivals-reserves-korea-and-hungary-jefferiesNovember 29, 2025 at 3:01 am #216632John Day
Participant Not overproduction, but destruction of economic demand by war, sanctions and economic contraction: Wall Street Warns of a Deepening Oil Glut in 2026 https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Wall-Street-Warns-of-a-Deepening-Oil-Glut-in-2026.html
But Trump’s sanctions… India’s November Russian oil imports set to hit five-month high Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit the South Asian country next month, according to the Kremlin.
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indias-november-russian-oil-imports-set-to-hit-five-month-high-3809867 Trump urged Japan to avoid escalation in China dispute, sources say
US President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi not to further escalate a dispute with China during talks this week, sources aware of the matter said on Nov 27, as he tries to preserve a fragile trade war truce with Beijing. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-told-japans-pm-to-lower-the-tone-on-taiwan-wsj-reportsThis keeps happening around the Gulf of China: U.S MQ-9 Reaper Crashes in Yellow Sea, 15 Miles Off South Korea’s Western Coast https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-MQ-9-Reaper-Crashes-in-Yellow-Sea-15-Miles-Off-South-Koreas-Western-Coast/
“New-Labour”, that is… UK Labour’s budget piles on suffering for workers, but not enough to satisfy ruling class https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/26/vthy-n26.html
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 am #216640John Day
ParticipantFlock Camera Vulnerability: It’s Worse Than You Think
Yves here. This post provides an important service in spreading the word about how easily Flock cameras, sold as license plate readers but actually broad surveillance cameras, can be hacked and their videos altered. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/flock-camera-vulnerability-its-worse-than-you-think.html Will “terrorist” become as meaningless as “antisemitic”? Flock Safety’s CEO Garrett Langley just called the transparency activists at http://Deflock.me “terrorists.” So, if mapping cameras is “terrorism”… what do we call mass surveillance of millions of innocent drivers? https://x.com/JasonBassler1/status/1993015264775127463
Pardoned pro-lifers say DOJ used AI ‘deepfake’ video to convict them
According to these peaceful pro-life rescuers, court testimonies from abortion workers, police, and other witnesses contradict the ‘outrageous’ video that presented them as violent. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/exclusive-pardoned-pro-lifers-say-doj-used-ai-deepfake-video-to-convict-them/Has the bailout of generative AI already begun? Or is pouring a pile of government money in just a coincidence? https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/has-the-bailout-of-generative-ai
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